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明朝（1368－1644年）是中国历史上最后一个由汉族建立的大一统王朝，历经十二世，共十六位皇帝，享国二百七十六年。The Ming dynasty（1368AD－1644AD） is the last one in the history of Chinese set up by the han dynasty, the unification through xii, a total of 16 emperors, country continuous two hundred and seventy-six years.

大明，无汉唐之和亲，无两宋之岁币，天子御国门，君主死社稷。当为后世子孙所敬仰。Ming dynasty, none marriages with foreigns,different to the Han and Tang dynasties, none age of the COINS as song dynasty , monarch dead for the country was admired by future generations。

万历朝鲜战争，又称“朝鲜壬辰卫国战争”；日本称之为“文禄之役”，第二次称之为“庆长之役”，或合称为“文禄-庆长之役”，“朝鲜征伐”，“征韩”；朝鲜及韩国称之为“壬辰倭乱”，第二次称之为“丁酉再乱”；中国称为“朝鲜之役”，与“宁夏之役”、“播州之役”合称为“万历三大征”。Imjin War of Korea。。。。Sorry,don't know how to translate, WIKI, please.

万历朝鲜之役（朝鲜：壬辰倭乱；日本：文禄・庆长の役），发生于十六世纪末于朝鲜半岛的局部战争,战争分为两段，前后持续七年。 Imjin War of Korea。。。。Occurred in the 16th century in Korean , war is divided into two periods, last seven years.

1592年4月，丰臣秀吉派遣16万军人前往朝鲜，文禄之战因而揭开序幕。日军在战争初期处于优势，一个月攻陷朝鲜京城，驱逐朝鲜国王李昖。明朝廷很快便派出5万大军前去救援，日军受挫后和明朝议和，在1595年，战争第一阶段结束。1597年正月，日军14万大军再侵朝鲜。朝鲜二次求援，明朝紧急调4万兵力赴朝迎敌，明朝后续不断增兵，最高至7万。日军在丰臣秀吉逝世后难以为继，遂全部从朝鲜半岛撤退。《明史·日本传》把战争的终结归结为：“秀吉死，诸倭扬帆尽归，朝鲜患亦平。然自关白侵东国，前后七载，丧师数十万，糜饷数百万，中朝与朝鲜迄无胜算。至关白死，兵祸始休，诸倭亦皆退守岛巢，东南稍有安枕之日矣。”朝鲜李朝肃宗曾言：“神宗皇帝于我国，有万世不忘之功矣。当壬辰板荡之日，苟非神宗皇帝动天下之兵，则我邦其何以再造而得有今日乎？”Sorry again ,don't know how to translate, WIKI, please.

先来第一枚：The first one:京营布面甲长枪手Pikeman from the central region army ( Located in Beijing )

第二枚：The second:京营布面甲长枪手Pikeman from the central army

第三枚：The third京营布面甲长枪手Pikeman from the central army

之后，我会做一些 精锐边军，( 他们长期与蒙古、女真作战）就如我的头像造型一样,他们才是朝鲜战场上对抗日本武士的主力部队，挽救了朝鲜。然而，很多人都忘记了这段历史。Then, I would like to make some elite BianJun（ border region army,they had resisted invasion against Mongolia、jurchen for a long time）, as my profile photo image, they are the main forces whom fought against Japanese samurais, saved Korean.However, a lot of people forget this period of history.

Zvezda had a lot of Japanese samurai. But our Chinese Ming Dynasty Troopers Released were very few....and all of them were out of Historical Accuracy!! Neither Redbox or Caesar、hagen...... So, I had collected a lot of historical textual research ,and did sculpture myself~~!

Very nice sculpted and an interesting material mix with this rivets. What do you use to create this rivets, I am always to lazy to sculpt extra rivets on armor or such buttons. But for my taste the Helmets of No. 1 and 2 are too small, I would rework them to look like the No. 3 figure.

Lirui, I am also very interested in the Song Dynasty that fought against the Yuan Dynasty in the 13th Century - do you know of any good Chinese sources and pictures of Song infantry - archers, crossbow-men, swords-men, halberd-men etc??

Lirui, I am also very interested in the Song Dynasty that fought against the Yuan Dynasty in the 13th Century - do you know of any good Chinese sources and pictures of Song infantry - archers, crossbow-men, swords-men, halberd-men etc??

Sources of Song dynasty I haven't collected detailed,it's scattered . But I sure that armor of general was the same to Song in the early period of Ming dynasty! A armor bequeathed to the family by their forefathers was very few, old style(we called :山文甲)

As I konw, you can directly get same informations by a Medieval II Total War mod: “绍定入洛",it had many versions, I suggest "绍定入洛:建炎悲歌". This mod made by our Chinese studio cost several years time,issue for over a year.

I'm also interested in the Xin Fu Jun who were former Song troops used in the second attempted invasion of Japan by the Yuan Dynasty in 1281 - so Chinese fighting samurai again!

Also wondering which 1/72 figures might be suitable for conversion - perhaps Caesar's Ming Dynasty infantry might be more suitable for Song Dynasty instead?

HI , Durruti. I can't open that link , whether at home or in office. As some pictures on this form posted by others ,I can't see them...., estimate 30%.

You are right, Caesar's Ming Dynasty infantry, half of which had a hat,called "范阳笠“，originate from Song Dynasty , till end of Ming Dynasty as a town militia's equipment by our Han nationality. But,that's body armour was too heavy as a militiamen.I also need to point out that the belt was wrong, it would be a cloth tape, even if he is rich and had a belt ,in China that time, we used: "卡簧“， had a switch button , belt tail can't be saw as nowadays.

Another half was armoured "锦甲”, it's a sgt's armour used by Datong(大同，now is still the same name in Shanxi province) garrison, late Ming Dynasty! It can't be used as Song infantry.

Yuan Dynasty and later:Qing Dynasty we were oppressed nation,a conquered nation. so I didn't consider that's Chinese fighting samurai again. It's only part of Mongol invasion.

Many thanks again for the useful information, lirui, and sorry if I diverted the topic slightly. I'm looking forward to see the progress with your wonderful figures!

In general I think many collectors and gamers would like more Chinese figure sets and information on the various dynasties. It is very significant that Plastic Soldier Review was unable to give a rating for "Historical Accuracy" for both Caesar Ming and Qing sets.

Very nice sculpted figures of an interesting topic. Like you mentioned, this war is unknown in Europe. Personnaly i know about it because my interests lie in japanese history. For the ones looking for english sources i mention 3 books: - 'Samurai Invasion' written by Stephen Turnbull. This one is principally based on japanese sources.- 'A Dragon's Head and a Serpent's Tail' by Kenneth M. Swope, based mainly on chinese sources.- 'The Imjin War' by Samuel Hawley, based on korean sources.

Iirui, i can't wait to see the following pictures of your project. Keep them coming

Oh yes! The quality grows further higher. I think the rivets have the right size for the figures -crisp indeed!!- And the investigation gives a real historical quality .But how do you plan the swords? My opinion; for the long lances the open hands are o.k. I did the same with my Swiss pikemen. But for the swords I would sculp the weapon together with the fist for fixing them with a peg in the tap-hole of the sleeve. So You have a fine sculpted close grip and there is the opportunity to change the angle of the fist-and-weapon.